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ORDINANCE NO 6 -961
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FIRST
AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
DENTON AND LLOYD, GOSSELINK, FOWLER, BLEVINS AND MATHEWS,
AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AS PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT,
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the City Manager is authorized to execute the
First Amendment to a Professional Services Agreement between the
City of Denton and Lloyd, Gosselink, Fowler, Blevins and Mathews,
substantially in the form of the attached agreement which is made
a part of this ordinance for all purposes
SECTION II That the City Manager is hereby authorized to make
expenditures as may be required under the Agreement
SECTION III That this ordinance shall become effective immed-
iately upon its passage and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ZP�__ day of r 1996
JA ILLER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
EM
APPIP7ED AS 'TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY,/CITY ATTORNEY
BY _J��V
FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AND LLOYD, GOSSELINK,
FOWLER, BLEVINS AND MATHEWS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
This First Amen ment to r�grr,ain Agreement made and
entered into the � day of r �6 by and between Lloyd,
Gosselink, Fowler, Blevins and Mathews, P C , a Texas professional
corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Consultant"), with Lambeth
Townsend having full authority to execute this Agreement on behalf
of Consultant, 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 1800, Austin, Texas 78701
and the City of Denton, Texas, a Texas municipal corporation
(hereinafter referred to as "City"), 215 East McKinney, Denton,
Texas 76201, and said Agreement hereinafter being referred to as
"Base Agreement"
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the City and Consultant need to amend the Base Agree-
ment to provide for additional compensation for services performed
and to place conditions on the payment of additional compensation,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual
obligations herein, the parties hereto do mutually agree as
follows
That Section III A of the Base Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows
A The Consultant shall charge the following fees for its profes-
sional services hereunder, based on the following hourly rates
for the attorneys and support staff involved in this matter
Hourly Estimated
Staff Rate Hours
Lambeth Townsend 180 00
Law Clerk 75 00
Paralegal 75 00
Consultant agrees that all charges for the services hereunder,
including expenses, will not exceed $75,000 Consultant
understands that the $75,000 not to exceed limit is an agreed
upon absolute limitation on the maximum compensation for
services herein Consultant agrees to provide and manage the
delivery of its services to assure that its billings will not
exceed this maximum compensation limit including, without
limitation, utilizing members of the professional staff of the
City's Utilities Department and the City Attorney's office to
attend hearings before the Public Utility Commission and other
agencies, to draft documents, and to perform other tasks
required hereunder when appropriate to reduce the overall
charges of Consultant and to assure that Consultant's total
charges hereunder will fall within the not to exceed limit
II
That save and except as amended hereby, the remaining
sections, subsections, sentences, paragraphs, and phrases of the
Base Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the City of Denton, Texas has caused this
Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized City Manager and
Consultant has executedithis Agreeme�,t_through its duly authorized
officer, dated the _ day of _ ias,. 1996
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY L O
D A AP ETO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
E \WPDOCS\K\LLOYD-GO AMID
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
TED BENAVIDES, CITY MANAGER
LLOYD, GOSSELINK, FOWLER,
BLEVINS AND MATHEWS
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